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  1. Re:Why the hype? on The Death Cap Mushroom Is Spreading Across the US · · Score: 1
    In Thailand I've had to stop the car so someone could get out and pick wild mushrooms along the road. Then later I pointed out some more mushrooms and she said "Are you crazy? You can't eat those!"

    I guess you gotta know what you're doing.

  2. Re:Knowledge on Oldest Known Star In the Universe Discovered · · Score: 1

    Your faith isn't so much in God as you may think it is. Your faith is actually in those translators, that they did a correct and accurate job.

    This is an argument you cannot win. The response is simply "It's accurate because they were guided by the Holy Spirit." In fact, any seemingly clever argument against religion is easily refuted with "because God." Having omnipotence on your side makes arguing for it a piece o' cake. Here's a good recent example. Several times Ham whips out the Because God argument in response to Nye's time consuming and pointless parade of logic and facts.

  3. Re:Astronomy: Astrology for Physicists on Oldest Known Star In the Universe Discovered · · Score: 1

    If it so old it should be an ember by now, or does it still radiate ?

    If it didn't radiate they probably wouldn't have noticed it.

  4. Re:Cue AOL railing . . . on AOL Reverses Course On 401K Match; CEO Apologizes · · Score: 1

    I like AOL. It started the internet super-highway after all, and if not for it, we would all be on modems, gets our software by CD, yada-yada-yada.

    This is a troll, right?

  5. Re:NoBeta! on Major Internet Censorship Bill Passes In Turkey · · Score: 1

    Shazbot! We ran into some trouble getting the comments. Try again... na-nu, na-nu!

    I tried it. The article had that text instead of the comments. Mork and Mindy? Seriously?

  6. Re:Forget the music. Use the Slashdot Beta! on Skinny Puppy Wants Compensation For Music Used in US Interrogations · · Score: 1

    I ALWAYS go "below the fold!" With my tongue. That's where the most desirable, uh, "feature" is.

    As you get older you'll find you have to be a bit more careful about just which fold you're going below.

  7. Beta? on Slashdot Tries Something New; Audience Responds! · · Score: 1

    We have work to do on four big areas: feature parity (especially for commenting); the overall UI, especially in terms of information density and headline scanning; plain old bugs; and, lastly, the need for a better framework for communicating about the How and the Why of this process.

    I don't think the label of "beta" means what Slashdot thinks it means.

  8. Re:So they eliminated their debt with a fire? on Fire Destroys Iron Mountain Data Warehouse, Argentina's Bank Records Lost · · Score: 1

    Billy the Kid? I think you must be thinking of somebody else.

  9. Re:Standard practice... on Peanut Allergy Treatment Trial In UK "A Success" · · Score: 1

    Machines are not magic. With a mixture, no matter how fine, you cannot avoid clumps. It doesn't matter if it's emulsified, there will still be clumps. You can't do better than random through any macro process that doesn't isolate and separate the allergen.

  10. Re:Standard practice... on Peanut Allergy Treatment Trial In UK "A Success" · · Score: 1

    Stirring does not mean random distribution. Stirring homogenizes a batch, evening out distribution of mixtures and concentrations of solutions.

    You'd think that would be right, but mixing, no matter how long, always leaves clumps. This is a known problem in, for example, paint mixing. You can stir for a year, then get out a microscope. You'll see clumps of pigment.

  11. Re:California on California Regulator Seeks To Shut Down 'Learn To Code' Bootcamps · · Score: 2

    Hack Reactor claims 99% placement?

    I don't see how. Nowhere near 99% of the students taking the class would ever be qualified to work in the field.

  12. Re:Standard practice... on Peanut Allergy Treatment Trial In UK "A Success" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    there is no really good reason that a tiny, tiny bit of peanut butter in a large meal won't work.

    Yes there is. Peanut butter, no matter how well you stir it, will have random clumps of the allergen and people will die. More stirring does not solve the problem. Random does not mean equal distribution. It means random distribution, some of which will be in larger clumps.

  13. Re:How many moves? on 23-Year-Old Chess Grandmaster Whips Bill Gates In 71 Seconds · · Score: 1

    The quickest game is "fools mate" and it is aver in about 4 moves.

    1. f3 e5
    2. g4 Qh4 checkmate.

  14. Re:Big deal. on 23-Year-Old Chess Grandmaster Whips Bill Gates In 71 Seconds · · Score: 1

    From looking at the final position, visible in the video, I too could beat him in 71 seconds. Basically the only thing that would affect the timing is how quickly Gates would move.

  15. Re:For those worried about the Droidocalypse on Google Charging OEMs Licensing Fees For Play Store · · Score: 1

    Samsung will simply tell Google they don't want to pay the 75 cents and Google will acquiesce. They'll structure it in such a way that it appears that they pay it, but the money will come back some other way. In the end this will only help Samsung squash all those small competitors.

  16. Re:Interview ending question on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only correct answer when someone asks about caliber is "45 caliber"

    My father, a larger man, once worked as a human cannonball at the circus. He hated it, but when he tried to leave they told him "You can't quit! Where would we ever find another man of your caliber?"

  17. Re:seems reasonable on Porn Will Be Bitcoin's Killer App · · Score: 2

    Beta had the better tech, VHS had the better content.

    Oh yeah, let's please start up that argument again.

  18. Re:I know what it is.. on Mystery Rock 'Appears' In Front of Mars Rover · · Score: 1

    And as it was a buried rock, I guess now it's been de-crptyed.

  19. Re:ummm on Mystery Rock 'Appears' In Front of Mars Rover · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, the human mind's infinite ability to find patterns where none exist.

    That doesn't actually happen, it just appears to because of our perception.

  20. Re: PHB's strike again on Previously-Unseen Photos of Challenger Disaster Appear Online · · Score: 1

    The O rings were designed to expand and fill in the gap as the joint itself expanded. But because of the cold the material expanded too slowly. This was almost immediately known, and that information was slyly revealed to Richard Feynman, who gave his ice-water demonstration before the investigating committee.

  21. Re: on Regex Golf, xkcd, and Peter Norvig · · Score: 1

    The tape for a Turing machine is obviously regular

    I bought a touring machine once, but it hasn't come back yet.

  22. Re:So it's turtles all the way across. on Why We Think There's a Multiverse, Not Just Our Universe · · Score: 1

    I like turtle soup.

    And Jaw Stew. It's so good they even made a movie about it, though they did misspell the title.

  23. Re:Can we just call it a "partitioned universe" on Why We Think There's a Multiverse, Not Just Our Universe · · Score: 1

    You can not name something universe and then have something next to it.

    Yup. Next thing you know people will be saying stuff like "very unique."

  24. Re:Online footprints nearly reach fingerprint pari on Tweets and Threats: Gangs Find New Home On the Net · · Score: 2

    the criminals won't stop at just one crime, they can even turn around and cyber-bully the officer who took them down

    I know "bullying" is the new magic pass-phrase, but is that really bullying? He threatened the cop and got arrested for his trouble. Nobody seemed "bullied" to me.

  25. Re:Cancer isn't one disease on Why a Cure For Cancer Is So Elusive · · Score: 1

    volution isn't doing anything useful at the moment

    Evolution is not an "at the moment" kind of thing. You won't see "anything useful" within the measly few generations you get to observe. Even the most "useful" and successful of mutations take a long time to propogate.